Wolfgang Falck
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| Wolfgang Falck | |
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| 19 August 1910 – 13 March 2007 (aged 96) | |
 Wolfgang Falck |
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| Place of birth | Berlin |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch | Luftwaffe |
| Years of service | 1932-1945 |
| Rank | Oberst |
| Unit | ZG 76, ZG 1, NJG 1 |
| Commands held | NJG 1 |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Wolfgang Falck (19 August 1910 in Berlin - 13 March 2007) was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace during World War II. He was one of the key organisers of the German night fighter defences. After the war he worked for different US companies like McDonnell Douglas.
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[edit] Military career
On 7 April 1931, he began his pilot training at the Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule (German Air Transport School) at Schleißheim. The course he and 29 other trainees attended was called Kameradschaft 31, abbreviated "K 31". Among the members of K 31 were men like Hannes Trautloft and Günther Lützow. Falck graduated from the Deutsche Verkehrfliegerschule 19 February 1932.
Falck was a friend of Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg and came under the inspection of the Gestapo after the July 20 Plot.
Wolfgang Falck is officially credited with seven victories in about 90 combat missions, all gained while flying the Messerschmitt Bf 110. All his victories were claimed in daylight.
[edit] Awards
- Iron Cross 2. and 1. class
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (1 October 1940)
[edit] After the war
Immediately after the war he worked as a warehouseman. In 1961 he received an offer from the US-american aircraft industry and became a representative for North American Aviation and later for McDonnell Douglas in Germany.
[edit] References
- Aces of the Luftwaffe. Wolfgang Falck. Retrieved on 8 May 2007.
- Lexikon der Wehrmacht. Wolfgang Falck. Retrieved on 8 May 2007.
- Wolfgang Falck (2003), Falkenjahre. NeunundzwanzigSechs Verlag. ISBN 3-9807935-2-4
- Kurt Braatz (2005), Gott oder ein Flugzeug - Leben und Sterben des Jagdfliegers Günther Lützow. NeunundzwanzigSechs Verlag. ISBN 3-9807935-6-7
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| Preceded by none |
Commander of Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 June 26, 1940 – July 1, 1943 |
Succeeded by Oberst Werner Streib |
| Preceded by Oberstleutnant Bernhard Woldenga |
Commander of Jagdfliegerführer Rumänien June, 1944 – October 7, 1944 |
Succeeded by disbanded |
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